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Category Archives: Books to Read During a Pandemic
The Plot by Jean Hanf Korelitz (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 66)
Jean Hanf Kroelitz wrote You Should Have Known, which became a TV series called The Undoing, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. That book and the TV show were unique, and powerful and I was impressed by Korelitz’s writing and character … Continue reading
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The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 65)
Anthony Peardow began collecting last things after his fiancée died unexpectedly. On that very day he also lost the keepsake she had given him. Bereft and alone, he began noticing things that people lost on the sidewalk, or in the … Continue reading
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The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 64)
Sometimes, during hard times it is helpful to be reminded that there have been other hard times in our past, some that were even more tragic or more difficult than the ones we are currently going through. In The Four … Continue reading
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The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter by Theodora Goss (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 63)
Mary Jekyl is strangely unaffected when her guardian dies. When her parents died when she was a child, she was left in the care of her guardian for whom she felt very little affection. Now in her twenties, with her … Continue reading
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The Last Flight by Julie Clark (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 62)
Claire is running away from her perfect life. Married to man from a rich and famous family with his own political aspirations, Claire knows the importance of looking perfect all the time. But behind the scenes, her husband is controlling, … Continue reading
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Is that a Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything by David Bellos and One Hundred Frogs by Hiroaki Sato (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 61)
As a translator I am fascinated by how words, phrases and texts morph from one language to another. For example there is a famous haiku poem by the Japanese poet Basho about a pond, a frog, and the noise of … Continue reading
The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 60)
Spooky, ethereal, and unsettling are the words that come to mind about this book, but strangely this is not a syfi, fantasy or a horror novel, instead it is firmly based in reality. In the 1900’s three men stationed on … Continue reading
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The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 58)
Anthony Marra is truly gift writer. His Constellation of Vital Phenomenon is on my, “All Time Best Books I Ever Read” list. I don’t actually physically keep such a list, but if I did it would be one of the … Continue reading
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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 57)
The year is 2045. All the things that humanity worried about; climate change, eco destruction and gross inequalities between the haves and have nots, have come to fruition. Earth is a dying planet and the only escape is OASIS, a … Continue reading
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The Lost And Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 56)
It’s been a long slog through this pandemic. Slowly we are getting vaccinated, and things will start to open up, (although some are doing it too soon) and we will get back to “normal’ whatever that might look like. But … Continue reading